Reservoir outlet-valve.



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(Applation led Jan. 4, 1901.)

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EMMET A. BROMLEY, OFv BRIGHTON, CCLORADO.

RESERVOIR O UTLET-VALVE. v

SECIFIGATIN forming` part 0f Letters Patent No. 679,940, dated. August 6, 1901.

i j Application filed January 4, 1901. Serial No. 't2,092.` (No model.)

T0 LZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EMMET A YBROMLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Brighton, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reservoir Outlet-Valves; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersV skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in discharge or outlet valves for water-storage reservoirs; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a simple and cheap Valve that will not easily get out of order, and, second, to provide a valve and valve-seat that are easy of access. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partially in section, of my improved reservoir outlet-valve, showing its application to a body of waterin a reservoir; and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrow A.

Similar figures of reference refer to similar parts throughout both views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the dam of a reservoir for a body of water 2.

3 designates a projecting layer or foundation of rock or timber, as preferred, which forms a foundation for my valve to rest on.

4 designates a platform extending from the top of the dam over the valve, and 5 is a vertical support from the bottom of the reservoir to the outer end of the platform.

Upon the foundation 3 I preferably bolt by bolts 3 a sleeper 6, which may consist of a wide timber or a block Vof stone, upon which I rest a T-shaped casting'and may use and do use, preferably where the capacity of outflow is not too great, the cast-iron T-pipe tting in common use, which has its opposite ends threaded. O ne of these ends I close with a threaded plug 8, which is screwed tightly into it; but where a discharge-valve is required larger than the cast-iron T-pipe fittings in use a special pattern is made and one end can be made solid and the plug S dispensed with. The T-valve body is arranged with its open end facing the dam. A, pipe 9 is threaded to this end and extends through and is built in the dam and conveys the wa- `ter from the reservoir and valve through the One side of the T-valve body is prodam. vided with the usual projecting hollow hub 10, which forms a side opening into the body of theT. I bore the shell of this opening into a semicircular seat 11. I arrange the T- valve body upon its foundation with its semicircular valve-seat standingin a vertical plane and secure Ait toits foundation-block side of the platform, to which they are secured by bolts 14 and form guide-rods for guiding the valve to its seat. Around these standards I place a strong wire-netting 15, which keeps driftwood and grasses and fish from entering the valve. On the valve-seat of the T-pipe I place a valve 16, which consists of a round casting havingan eye 17 in its upper end and a rounded end at its opposite end fitting in the Valve-seat of the T-pipe. Instead, however, of making the valve-seat end of the valve solid I preferably arrange and secure a rounded piece of rubber orsome other suitable material 18 to it by a bolt 19, which extends up through the rubber and threads into the valve-casting.

This valve can be made as heavy as desired; but it should be made heavy enough to seat tightly against the seat in the T-pipe.

To the eye in the top of the valve I secure one end of a rod 2O by a ring formed at its end. This rod extends loosely up through the platform and a sleeve 2l, that is bolted to the platform, and acts as a guide for the rod. The opposite end of the rod 2O is pivotally secured bya bolt 22 to aslot 23,formedin one end IOO of a lever 23A. This lever is pivoted by a bolt 24 to a standard 25, secured to the top'of the platform, and the opposite end of the lever extends beyond this standard and forms the handle end of the lever. A standard 26 is erected. close to it, which is'vprovided with holes 27 at dierent predetermined distances apart, to which the handle portion of the 1e-l very can be secured by a bolt 28, which is extended through and beyond the lever far enough to pass through and be bolted to the standard. By this arrangement the handle of the lever can be tipped on its pivotal bolt 24: and raise or lower the valve through the medium of the rod 2O from or to its seat in the T-pipe, and the handle can be secured in any one of the holes in the'standard and the valve raised and lowered and set atany predetermined distance desired. l

In order to set the valve so that it can be raised a predetermined distance and then be closed intermittently, I thread the rod 2O and thread two check-nuts 29 and 3U on it, placing them on the rod before the lower ring is formed in its lower end and place a large hand-hole 3l in the platform close to the sleeve, through. which they are adjusted and set. Tl ese nuts are adapt-ed to strike against the bottom of the platform. By thismeans the valve can be raised a predetermined distance and an amount of water can be run i through this rod and sleeve or to any of the l other parts of the valves rods to securely lock it either closed or open.

rigation reservo-irs and ditches and is simple and inexpensive.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Il. In a Valve for reservoirs, the combination of a T-pipe-sl1aped valve-body portion having a side entrance between its ends and a semicircular valveseat at said entrance,

and having one of its endsclosed and a discharge-pi pe threaded to and leading from the opposite end, a valve comprising a piece of In addition a suitable pivotally connected to the upper end of said valve and means including a rocking lever connected to the upper end of said rod for raising and lowering said valve, substantially as described.

2. In a reservoir-valve the combination of the T-shaped valve-body having a side entrance, an open semicircular valve -seat in said entrance, a valve comprising a plugshaped casting having a rounded seat at one end adapted -to fit said semicircular valveseat in said T-shaped body portion, a rod pivoted to the upper end of said valve, means including a rocking lever for raising and lowering said valve from and to said seat, a

'thread on said rod and check-nuts threaded thereto, and arranged to adjust and set the vertical movement 'of said valve, vertical guide -rods extending upward around said valve, a wire-netting around said rods and the discharge-pipe leading from saidT-pipe and valve, substantially as described.

3. In a reservoir-valve, the combination of the T-valve body, the valve, the rod threaded at one end and pivoted to the top of the valve, the sleeve, the standards, the handlealever pivoted to said rod and to one of said standards, the check-nuts and the discharge-pipe leading from said T-pipe, substantially as described.

4. In a reservoir-valve, the combination of the T-pipe having an open valve-seat, the valve having an end fitting said valve-seat, the rod threaded at one end and containing nuts and ypivoted to the top of the said valve, the handle-lever pivoted to said rod, the standards for supporting said handle-rod, the

, valves vertical guide-rods, the semicircular My invention is essentially adapted for irstraps arranged toclamp them to the T-pipe,

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the screen surrounding said guide-rods, the

sleeve guiding said valve-rod, the lock through said sleeve and rod, the dam, the platform extending from said dam over said valve and connected to said valves vertical IOO 

